DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF EVERGREEN TREES, SUITABLE FOR THE 

 SHRUBBERY, LAWN, OR PROTECTIVE BELT FOR BUILDINGS, 

 GARDENS, ORCHARDS, &C. 



THE value and importance of protection afforded to build- 

 ings, gardens, and orchards, by a belt of evergreen trees, in a 

 climate like New England, are but little appreciated or under- 

 stood even by our most intelligent amateurs and horticulturists. 

 To say nothing of the pleasing and grateful appearance of such 

 a plantation, well arranged, to a person of taste, at a season of 

 the year when, without evergreens, everything out of doors looks 

 drear and cheerless, as a subject of real comfort and utility, it 

 is one which deserves the serious consideration of every one 

 who desires good fruit, rare flowers, or comfortable quarters. 

 An evergreen hedge, or, what is better, a belt of evergreen 

 trees, excludes the cold, searching winds, and enables the hor- 

 ticulturist to bring to perfection many fruits and flowers that 

 would not, without such protection, be enjoyed. Let it be 

 tried, and there will be found a material difference in the range 

 of thermometers placed on both sides of such a belt. As a 

 matter of taste, no one will deny that a variety of evergreens, 

 judiciously planted, adds much to the ornament and beauty of 

 a country residence. Where there is to be any pretension to a 

 shrubbery, a backing of evergreen trees is indispensable. The 

 intermingling of the many deciduous shrubs, bearing ornamen- 

 tal, persistent berries, with the diversified growth and varied 

 colors of the wood, gives, even in winter, a cheerful and pleas- 

 ant aspect to the pleasure-grounds ; and, in summer, when the 

 shrubs and trees are clothed in their magnificent apparel, 

 adorned with their gorgeous flowers, the back-ground of hem- 

 lock, fir, spruce or pine, makes a fine contrast, and gives addi- 

 tional beauty to the various forms, colors, and shades, of the 

 foliage and flowers of the deciduous plants and trees. 



